Tag: Planning & Project Management

Starting Smart with Learning Acceleration: A Quick Guide for Local Education Agency (LEA) Leaders

This quick guide supports district and system leaders in embedding learning acceleration into the instructional core by aligning strategy, professional learning, and system conditions. Organized around five foundational questions, it offers Hop, Skip, and Leapfrog actions to help LEA leaders strengthen instructional coherence, support schools, and sustain acceleration efforts over time. The guide includes curated resources and district examples to translate vision into actionable, context-specific steps.

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October 21, 2025

From Urgent to Future: A Roadmap for Embedding Learning Acceleration within the Instructional Core

This white paper sets a vision for reimagining learning acceleration as a systemwide approach to teaching and learning—one that moves beyond short-term recovery or supplemental programs to become part of the instructional core. Grounded in field research and practitioner insights, the paper offers a roadmap for aligning instructional practices, system structures, and policy conditions to enable durable, equitable progress for all students.

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October 20, 2025

Starting Smart with AI: A Quick Guide for School and System Leaders

This brief helps local education agency (LEA) leaders take their first steps toward thoughtful AI integration in K-12 education. Framed around foundational questions and actionable steps using the Hop, Skip, Leapfrog model, it supports systems in aligning AI use with core learning goals, equity, and student-centered instructional change.

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May 27, 2025

Instructional Design in Lesson Planning Worksheet

Planning is a critical cornerstone of educators’ work. To increase effectiveness in lesson planning, this worksheet helps educators apply steps from strong instructional design to improve backward planning and increase opportunities for student application, practice, and feedback.

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July 19, 2023

Understanding By Design (UbD) Framework

The Understanding By Design (UbD) framework is a planning resource that supports the design of curriculum, assessment, and instruction. UbD leads teachers through three stages when designing learning experiences:

  1. Identify desired results (understanding and application of learning),

  2. Determine assessment evidence (evaluation), and

  3. Plan learning experiences and instruction (i.e., backward-planning)

By utilizing UbD, teachers can effectively engage learners in developing their understanding and application of key topics and content.

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July 19, 2023
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